Fly-trap.



lFLY TRAP. .l APPLICATION FILED FEB. B ISI-5.

1 1 86,489 Patented June 6, 1916.

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THE coLUMmA PLANQGRAPH C0., WASHINGTON. D. c.

GUSTAVE MICHAELIS, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

FLY-TRAP.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented June 6, 1916.

Application led February 8, 1915. Serial No. 6,746.

To all whom t may concern: o

Be it known that I, GUs'rAvE MICHAELIS, a citizen of the Empire of Germany, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have in-` vented new and useful Improvements in Fly-Traps, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to fly traps and the principal object is to provide a collapsible iiy trap.

It is also an object to provide a fly trap which can be readily formed with a sheet metal frame.

It is valso an object to provide a collapsible fly trap with panels having a sheet metal frame which may be readily replaced.

It is a still further object to provide a ily trap which may be either supported by legs on the surface of a table or that may be suspended up out of the reach of children.

In the drawings accompanying this specication, Figure 1 isa perspective View of the trap showing .a portion of one of the screen panels broken away. Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical cross section through one side of the structure. Fig. 3 is a transverse cross section in detail of one of the lleg members, showing the panels locked therein. Fig. 4 is a detailin section showing the bait receptacle.

I-Ieretofore in the manufacture of fly traps, their naturally bulky shape has been the cause of increased freight rates and has required greater space in which to store those not exhibited in stores, and their appearance has been rather inartistic due to the harsh lines resulting from the use of thick wooden frames. This invention overcomes the above difculties and provides for the use of thin sheet metal which can be built lighter than the ordinary wooden structures and more economically, and the parts are susceptible of a bright finish.

More specifically in the drawings, 5 designates standards shown as a right-angle strip of metal, having grooves 6 pressed up outwardly on each of the component webs of said standards; these grooves 6 being provided with a slot or slots 7 intermediate the ends of the grooves, a portion of the metal within the connes of this slot forming a tongue 8, which is on the same plane as the web of the standard, which is adapted to engage with a tongue formed on the side of the screen panel frame. Ears 9 are also formed and project inwardly on the standards to form a stop or rest for the bottom member 10, the groove 6 not extending to the point where the stop ears 9 areV formed.

Taking the parts in the process of assembling, the bottom 10 is also formed of sheet metal and is provided with an outwardly-eXtending flange 11, which bends back upon itself at the' point where it is adapted toY rest upon the ears 9 to form an outwardly-extending `web 12, which bears against the inner faces of the standards 5. To lock the flange 12 in relation to the lower bar 14 of the screen panel frame, a hump 15 is formed on this latter which engages below an elongated hump 16 formed upon the inner surface of the flange 12. The screen panels are provided with .a screen 17, which is of such length as to extend from the ears 9 clear to the top of the standards and its edges are clamped within U-shaped bars. These are substantially rectangular in form. The side bars 19 are provided with a tongue 22 which slides within the groove 6 `and engages with the tongue 8 on the standards.

In the drawings the structure is shown as cubical in form, butV anynumber of sides, as desired, may be assembled, the angled corners or standards being shaped to accommodate a change of structure.

To lock the whole in place, a cover 23 is provided of substantially similar form to the bottom 10 and may be, for purposes of economy, formed in the same dies,having a web 241 which extends upwardly and is formed over and downward-to form a web 25, which slides over and embraces the ends of side bars 19 and the intervening screen 17. To lock the .same in position verticallydisposed hook ears 26 are Vformed on the upper ends of the corner members and are bent over inwardly to lock the Whole in position. Upon a number of the corner posts a perforated ear 27 is formed, into which a flexible member may be secured to suspend the structure in an elevated position, it being desirable at times to do this, as the insects Which it is intended to catch at certain times are more numerous near the ceiling.

To provide an entrance into the completed structure, an opening is provided in the center of the cover and .adjacent the edges thereof the strikes 29 are upset from the middle and adapted to receive the outer endsV ist to a circular door 3l, by means of straps 32 formed on its periphery. The spring also acts as a handle to lift it.

The bottom 10 is also provided with an orifice preferably centrally located and of circular form, into which is projected a conical screen 33, provided With an enlarged outer opening at its flanged base, this flange being engaged by points 34 punched out of the metal, which are bent back and securely' hold the conical entrance screen in position.

A bait receptacle is also provided, which consists of a circular pan 35, having a depression 3G annular in form therein, so that a platform is provided Within the structure for the insects to stand upon and eat the preferably liquid bait filling the annular groove.

Spring arms 37 extend upwardly from the sides of the bait pan and having outwardlyextending lingers 38, which project and engage Within strikes 39 formed on the bottom. to receive and lock the pan in position.

The advantages of this construction are that the insects are attracted entirely Within the confines of the structure and feed immediately under the entrance, and in the normal tendency to rise find their Way upwardly into the trap through the small upper opening in the conical entrance. By removal of the bait receptacle and the cover the device is readily inverted to remove the captured insects.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In an insect trap, the combination of a plurality of standards ofl angle form, side screen panels arranged to be disposed in the angles of said standards, each standard provided ivith stop ears adjacent the bottom thereof, a bottom panel disposed upon said stop ears and provided withan inlet for insects, a top panel provided with flanges having channels in which are disposed said side panels, and hook ears on said standards arranged to engage the .flanges on said top panel.

2. In an insect trap, the combination of a plurality of standards of angle form, side screen panels arranged to be disposed lin the angles of said standards, each standard provided With stop ears adjacent the bottom thereof, a bottom panel disposed upon said stop ears and provided with an inlet for insects, said bottom panel provided with flanges having channels in Which are disposed said side panels, and a top panel detachably disposed on said side screen panels.

3. In an insect trap, the combination of a plurality of standards of angle form, side screen panels arranged, to be disposed in the angles of said standards, each standard provided ivith stop ears adjacent the bottom thereof, a bottom panel disposed upon said stop ears and provided with an inlet for insects, said bottom panel provided With flanges having channels in which are disposed said side panels, a top panel provided with flanges having channels in Which are disposed said side panels, and hoolr ears on said standards arranged to engage the flanges of said. top panel.

Ll. In an insect trap, thel combination of a plurality of standard members of angle form, each leg of an angle provided with a groove, side screen panels having ears arranged to be detachably disposed in Said grooves, a top panel detachably mounted on said side panels, and a bottom panel detachably mounted on said standards provided With an inlet for insects, said bottom panel having flanges at its edges provided With channels arranged to receive the side screen panels.

5. In an insect trap, the combination of -a plurality of standard members of angle form, each leg of an angle provided with a groove, side screen panels having ears arranged to be detachably disposed in said grooves, stop ears provided on the legs of said standards adjacent the ends of the grooves, a bottom panel disposed upon said stop ears and provided With an inlet for insects, said bottom panel having flanges at its edges provided with vchannels arranged to receive the side screen panels, and a top panel detachably mounted on said side panels.

6. In an insect trap, the combination of a plurality of standard members of angle form, each leg of an angle provided with a groove, side screen panels having ears arranged to be detachably disposed in said grooves, a top panel having flanges at its edges provided with channels arranged to receive said side screen panels, and a bottom panel detachably mounted on said standards, said bottom panel provided With an inlet for insects.

7. In an insect trap, the combination of a plurality of standard members of angle form, each leg of an angle provided With a groove, side screen panels having ears arranged to be detachably disposed in said grooves, a bottom panel detachably mounted on said standards provided with flanges at its edges having channels arranged to receive the side screen panels, said bottom panel provided With an inlet for insects, and a top panel having flanges at its edges provided With channels arranged to receive the side screen panels. A

8. In an insect trap, the combination of va plurality of standard members of angle` form, each leg of an angle provided with a groove and stop ears adjacent the ends of said grooves, side screen panels having ears arranged to be detachably disposed in said grooves, a bottom panel arranged to rest` on said stop ears having flanges at its edges las provided with channels arranged to receive have hereunto subscribed my name this 16th the side screen panels, a top panel having day of January, 1915. flanges at its edges provided with channels GUSTAVE MICHAELIS arranged t0 receive said side screen panels, v 5 and hook ears on the upper part of said Witnesses:

standards to lock the top panel in position. J. H. ADAMsoN,

In Witness that I claim the foregoing I EDMUND A. STRAUSE.

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